Problem Note 65801: The message "ERROR: System abend 0C4..." occurs in SAS® 9.4M2 and later if you code WAIT= in a LIBNAME statement and use the FILEMSGS SAS option
In SAS 9.4M2 (TS1M2) and later, if you code WAIT= in a LIBNAME statement and use the FILEMSGS SAS option, you might see the following S0C4 abend:
ERROR: System abend 0C4 occurred in module SASVM function VMFREE at offset 000
ERROR: Traceback will be attempted...
NOTE: Traceback called
NOTE: Module Function Offset Line
NOTE: -------- -------- ------ ----
NOTE: SASHOST FREETU 000098 0
NOTE: SASHOST VSDSNAL 002D02 0
NOTE: SASVC VCLASGN 00290A 0
NOTE: SASE7 E7HLASG 0000CA 0
NOTE: SASYH YYHLASN 000364 0
NOTE: SASYH YHLASN2 000AAE 0
NOTE: SASXSHEL YTLIBF 000A5C 0
NOTE: SASXSHEL YASANY 0012D2 0
NOTE: SASXSHEL YASANY2 000162 0
NOTE: SASXSHEL YTTKNX 001F06 0
NOTE: SASXSHEL YALEXEC 000406 0
NOTE: SASXSHEL YALINLN 000544 0
NOTE: SASXSHEL YALPROC 00023A 0
NOTE: SASXBTCH SASXBTCH 00155A 0
NOTE: SASHOST UNKNOWN 002E34 0
The current workaround for this issue is to not specify the FILEMSGS option as directed by the SAS® 9.4 Companion for z/OS, Sixth Edition. The NOFILEMSGS SAS option is the default value.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4_M2 | | 9.4 TS1M2 | |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M2 | | 9.4 TS1M2 | |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2020-04-03 13:15:29 |
| Date Created: | 2020-04-03 10:56:49 |